String of armed robberies investigated in Vacaville

Police are searching for two men who stormed into a south Vacaville home Tuesday morning and robbed a woman and her son at gunpoint before escaping with guns, jewelry and other valuables.

Officers responded to the Chelsea Court home at 8:08 a.m. after receiving a 911 call from the woman saying she had just been the victim of a home invasion robbery, according to Vacaville police Sgt. Jeff King, supervisor for the department's Investigative Services Section.

The woman told police two men armed with handguns had kicked in the front door, where she was at home alone with her juvenile son. The suspects, described as an unshaven black male between 20 and 30 years old with a large build and dressed in dark clothing and a second male of unknown race also dressed in dark clothing, held the two victims at gunpoint while the house was ransacked.

Neither victim was seriously injured during the robbery, police said.

The suspects went throughout the house, collecting valuables that included guns and an unspecified amount of jewelry, before speeding from the area in a silver-colored mid-sized vehicle.

Detectives with the Investigative Services Section responded to the scene and began investigating the case.

According to King, Tuesday's incident marks the third armed robbery in Vacaville in as many days, beginning with an armed take-over robbery at U-Haul by three suspects Sunday evening.

Witnesses said the three suspects, each armed with dark-colored handguns, barged into the business located at 1240 East Monte Vista Ave., around 5:30 p.m. They immediately forced the employees into one area of the store and held them at gunpoint before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Investigators have identified Joshua Davenport, a 34-year-old Suisun City resident, as one of the alleged suspects in the heist, King said. Police are working to obtain a warrant for his arrest. King noted that Davenport "has a long, violent criminal history" and is being considered armed and dangerous.

Witnesses said Davenport and the two other suspects, described as a black male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall with a thin build and dressed in dark clothing and a heavy-set Asian or Hispanic male, approximately 5-foot-8 in dark clothing, left the area in a tan 1999 Ford Expedition. Police are still trying to locate the vehicle, which has a California license plate reading 4FIZ662.

Detectives executed a search warrant at Davenport's home in Suisun City but were unable to locate him.

The following day, two teens walking on Youngsdale Drive were approached by two males, armed with handguns, King said. The suspects demanded their cell phones from them before escaping from the area.

King said the three crimes do not appear to be related.

Anyone with information regarding the home invasion is urged to contact Vacaville police at the 24-hour non-emergency line, 449-5200, or Detective Nate Benevides at 469-4724. Anyone with information regarding the U-Haul robbery is asked to call the Vacaville police non-emergency line or Detective Adam Senf at 449-5245. Information on the stolen cell phones should also be called into the non-emergency line, police said.